Moon Phases & The Solar System
Across
- 4. The largest planet in the solar system
- 5. The star at the centre of our solar system
- 11. A space object made of ice and dust with a glowing tail
- 12. The path an object takes around another object, goes around something
- 15. A planet that spins on its side
- 17. A space rock that reaches Earth’s surface
- 18. When the Moon’s light is getting smaller
- 19. A streak of light seen when a space rock burns in the sky
- 21. When the Moon’s light is getting bigger
- 22. The planet closest to the Sun
- 23. The planet famous for its rings
Down
- 1. A type of eclipse when the Earth’s shadow covers the moon
- 2. The Moon phase when the whole Moon is lit
- 3. A Moon shape that is more than half lit
- 6. The farthest planet from the Sun
- 7. The only planet with life
- 8. A small rocky object moving through space
- 9. The changing shapes of the Moon we see from Earth
- 10. A type of eclipse when the moon blocks the sun
- 13. A rocky object that orbits the Sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter
- 14. The Moon phase when the Moon cannot be seen
- 16. A Moon shape with a thin curved light, less than half showing
- 17. The thing that orbits Earth
- 19. The red planet
- 20. The hottest planet in the solar system